Description

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From riding an elephant in Chitwan National Park to dining on chocolate doughnuts en route to Mount Everest Base Camp, discover the secrets of savvy expatriates, seasoned travelers, and inspired locals. Delving deeper than the typical guidebook, To Nepal With Love invites readers to participate in unique travel experiences through personal essays paired with practical fact files. Each recommendation offers a different viewpoint, as writers receive blessings from a mountainside monk during a Himalayan trek, learn how to meditate on the lakefront in Pokhara, dine on ethnic Nawari cuisine, and share tips for creating an original trip. Including suggestions for dining, shopping, sightseeing, and contributing to the country as you travel, To Nepal With Love was created for the passionate traveler.

About the To Asia With Love Series. Each volume of this series of guidebooks created and edited by Kim Fay features a collection of evocative personal essays combined with practical travel information. As well as offering new insights into favorite attractions, it reveals experiences that few outsiders have encountered. Beautifully designed with full color photographs, each book will inspire sophisticated globetrotters and entertain armchair travelers alike.

About Kim Fay, the Series editor. Pacific Northwest native Kim Fay first traveled to Southeast Asia in 1991. She spent four years living in Vietnam and has traveled back frequently, writing about the region. As an expert on travel literature and Vietnam, she has been a guest speaker on NPR and has written for numerous publications, including Travel + Leisure. She is the creator and series editor of the To Asia With Love guidebooks. She lives in Los Angeles.

Reviews for the To Asia With Love Series:

"... a refreshing addition to the traveler's bookshelf ... evocative and eclectic ..." - Chic Travel Thailand
Received honorable mention in the travel book category at the 2005 Independent Book Publishing Awards
Untamed Travel Magazine declares that it "breaks new ground in the travel writing field."

About the Author

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Cristi Hegranes Cristi Hegranes is an international investigative reporter, adjunct journalism professor at Loyola Marymount University, and founder of the Press Institute for Women in the Developing World, an international nonprofit organization that trains women to be ethical, investigative reporters. In 2007, she received a Clarion Award and a Lifestyle Journalism Award for her reporting on global AIDS policy, immigration, and social justice issues. In January of 2008 she was awarded the Ida B. Wells Award for bravery in journalism and was named one of Women's eNews 21 Leaders of the 21st Century. She currently resides in the Bay Area.Kraig Lieb Since graduating from Penn State University in 1984, Kraig Lieb has worked, lived, and traveled extensively throughout South and Southeast Asia, and North and Central America. His experiences include Nepal, which he has been photographing regularly since 1989. Through his work with Lonely Planet, his photography has appeared in fifty-nine books, including four covers. His images have also been featured in a variety of publications, including The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and TIME magazine, and have been used by organizations as diverse as Amnesty International and Kodak. He lives part-time in Northern California and part-time in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.